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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1541, 1632
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Heich, v. [Northern ME. heghe (14th c.).] tr. (and reflex.) To raise (lit. and fig.); to elevate, exalt. Also heiching vbl. n. — a1500 Henr. III. 127/49.
In welth be meik, heiche not thy self 1513 Doug. xiii. xi. 53.
I sall alsso heich ony of hys kyn, Quhilk … do wyn Perpetuall lovyngis 1539–41 Master of Works Accounts VII. 24.
To vj men lauborand & lachand the listis … thris, & vther thris heichand the samyn 1632 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 358.
To have the … silver money heichit to the proportion of the golden moneyis 1632 Ib.
The destroying of quhilkis dollors … Ingland hes small occasione to interdict be ressone they never sufferit heiching
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